From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernissi, and this is a special episode of The Daily.

The Eyes of the World have been on the war in Gaza, which has no end in sight.

But there is another conflict in the other Palestinian territory that has gotten less attention,

where life has become increasingly

untenable. The West Bank. They demolished the school, they demolished most of

the houses. Overnight in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military has carried of the groups, Israeli settlers, and Israeli forces.

Today, I talk to my colleague Ronan Bergman

about why things are likely to get worse,

and the long history of the extremist political forces inside Israel that he says are leading

the country to an existential crisis. It's Wednesday, September 18th. So Ronan, as we've seen in recent weeks, the war in Gaza is nowhere near a ceasefire, and in the West Bank there's

this increase in violence, a rise in Israeli and Palestinian terrorism.

And you and our colleague Mark Mazzetti

have not only been reporting on what's going on there now,

but you've also done an extensive investigation

about why this is happening. And what you found is that it has everything to do with

the rise of the extreme right in Israel. Yes there is a huge escalation of violence in

the West Bank right now, and it can be explained by a long and complicated story.

It's a story of 60 years internal battle in Israel that has brought us to this moment

where many in Israel who want a lawful democratic country are now losing out to ultra-nationalist heart-right extremist who are now

in powerful position in the Israeli government and who are dragging the

country to the brink of an existential crisis.

All right, so where did you start the reporting that led to this conclusion?

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